First identification of blaNDM-5 producing Escherichia coli from neonates and HIV infected adult in Tanzania.

Manyahi, Joel, Moyo, Sabrina, Kibwana, Upendo, Goodman, Richard, Allman, Ellie, Hubbard, Alasdair ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6668-9179, Blomberg, Bjorn, Langeland, Nina and Roberts, Adam ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0760-3088 (2022) 'First identification of blaNDM-5 producing Escherichia coli from neonates and HIV infected adult in Tanzania.'. Journal of Medical Microbiology, Vol 71, Issue 2, e001513.

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Abstract

Introduction: Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae are emerging as a global public-health threat and cause substantial challenges in clinical practice.
Gap Statement: There is a need for increased and continued genomic surveillance of antimicrobial resistance genes globally in order to detect outbreaks and dissemination of clinically important resistance genes and their associated mobile genetic elements in human pathogens.
Aim: To describe the resistance mechanisms of carbapenem-resistant Escherichia coli.
Methods: Rectal swabs from neonates and newly diagnosed human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected adults were collected between April 2017 and May 2018 and screened for fecal carriage of carbapenamases and OXA-48 producing Enterobacteriaceae. Bacterial isolates were identified using matrix assisted laser desorption ionization time of flight mass spectrometry. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed by E-test. Whole genomes of carbapenem resistant E. coli were investigated using a hybrid assembly of Illumina and Oxford Nanopore Technologies sequencing reads.
Results: Three carbapenem-resistant E. coli were detected, two from neonates and one from an HIV infected adult. All three isolates carried blaNDM-5. Two E. coli from neonates belong to ST167 and blaNDM-5 co-existed with blaCTX-M-15 and blaOXA-01, and all were carried on IncFIA type plasmids. The E. coli from the HIV infected adult belongs to ST2083, and carried blaNDM-5 on an IncX3 type plasmid and blaCMY-42 on an IncI type plasmid. All blaNDM-5 carrying plasmids contained conjugation related genes. In addition, E. coli from the HIV infected adult carried three more plasmid types; IncFIA, IncFIB and Col(BS512). One E. coli from a neonate also carried one extra plasmid Col(BS512). All three E. coli harbored resistance genes to fluoroquinolone, aminoglycosides, sulfamethoxazole, trimethoprim, macrolides and tetracycline, carried on the IncFIA type plasmid. Furthermore, E. coli from the neonates carried a chloramphenicol resistance gene (catB3) also on the IncFIA plasmid. All three isolates were susceptible to colistin.
Conclusion: This is the first report from Tanzania detecting blaNDM-5 producing E. coli. The carbapenemase gene was carried on an IncFIA and IncX3 type plasmids. Our findings highlight the urgent need for a robust antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance system to monitor and rapidly report on the incidence and spread of emerging resistant bacteria in Tanzania.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	QW Microbiology and Immunology > Bacteria > QW 138 Enterobacteriaceae QW Microbiology and Immunology > QW 45 Microbial drug resistance. General or not elsewhere classified. QW Microbiology and Immunology > QW 50 Bacteria (General). Bacteriology. Archaea WC Communicable Diseases > Infection. Bacterial Infections > Enteric Infections > WC 290 Escherichia coli infections WC Communicable Diseases > Virus Diseases > Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. HIV Infections > WC 503 Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. HIV infections
Faculty: Department:	Biological Sciences > Department of Tropical Disease Biology
Digital Object Identifer (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.001513
Depositing User:	Marie Hatton
Date Deposited:	10 Mar 2022 13:07
Last Modified:	16 Jun 2023 09:14
URI:	https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/19844

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